Men's Restrooms In Public Buildings Are Now Required By Law to Have Baby Changing Stations

In the midst of a tumultuous election season, here's some political news that we're actually happy to report: On Friday, in a groundbreaking piece of legislation, President Obama signed the Babies Act, a new law that will require baby changing tables to be present in women's and men's restrooms.

The new bill requires male and female restrooms in a public building to be equipped with baby changing facilities that the General Services Administration determines are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate.

"Government needs to do more to ensure that public buildings are family-friendly," Cicilline wrote on his website. No mom or dad should ever have to worry about finding a safe, sanitary place to change their baby ― least of all in a federal building that's paid for by taxpayers."

As of right now, the law will only go into effect in public buildings, so don't expect to see changing tables in the men's room of your local Ruby Tuesday any time soon. We can only hope, however, that this is the first iteration of the bill and future legislation for changing tables in all men's bathrooms (and women's bathrooms for that matter) will follow suit, since nobody likes changing their baby on the floor.

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Though the law was just signed, it's been a popular public issue for a while. In March of 2015, Ashton Kutcher posted a Facebook status that went viral on the topic. He then created a petition on Change.org to get Target and Costco to add universally accessible changing tables to their stores.